Tag: Sit-at-home

The Anambra State Government has reduced February salaries for civil servants who failed to report for duty on Mondays, previously observed as sit-at-home days by the Indigenous People of Biafra. As part of efforts to discourage the Monday sit-at-home protests, the government announced that, starting February 2026, salaries would be paid on a pro-rata basis according to attendance. However, some workers reported steep and irregular deductions that did not seem to match the number of Mondays missed. At the Jerome Udoji State Secretariat in Awka, staff told journalists that salary adjustments varied widely. One anonymous worker said a colleague received only N10,000 after deductions. Another from the Ministry of Information said, “Out of my total salary of over N80,000, I received just N3,500.” “One colleague had N10,000 deducted, even though she missed only a few Mondays. The cuts appear inconsistent, and some of the deductions seem miscalculated,” another worker said. Another staff member added, “I was shocked to see over N80,000 deducted from my February salary for missing just two Mondays. That amount does not match the days missed, so there may have been errors in computation.” The Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor, confirmed the reductions were deliberate disciplinary measures. “The salary cut is a punishment for failure to come to work on Mondays. Employees are required to clock in and out on Mondays to confirm attendance. If someone fails to do this, it will be treated as absence since there is no proof they were at work,” Mefor explained.